To Whom It May Concern,

     When Chaut-Lake joined our league we drew names out of a hat to form two divisions.

     Each team would play division opponents twice and non-division opponents once.  This gave us seven games and week eight would be playoffs in which division winners would play for the league championship and second seeds play and third seeds play.  We also put in place a tie breaker system.  At our Sept meeting I brought out the scenario of a 6 and 1 team losing a tie breaker in division and having a team from the other division playing for the championship with a lesser record.  After discussing this issue with all teams in attendance, the decision was made to leave the rules as is and address it next season.  Bemus Point won their division by tie breaker rules that were adopted by every team in our league.  Sherman-Ripley won their division outright.  These teams did everything they had to do by league rules to advance to the championship and deserve to be there.

    I understand Westfield's fans frustration but to change rules (that were in place before the season started and addressed in the early part of the season) would be unfair to teams that did what they had to do by rule to play in the championship.    

                              Thank You

                              Pat Shephard

                              President - LSMFL